Cuspidor-cleaner.



N. & 0. GARUSO. GUSPIDOR CLEANER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 15, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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GUSPIIDOR- Specification of Letters Patent.

CLEANER.

Application filed November 15 1909. Serial No. 528,077.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NICOLAS CAnUso and CnsAnn Caruso, subjects of the. King of Italy, residing at Tarentum, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cuspidor-Uleaners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a device for cleaning euspidors, and the invention has for its object the provision of simple and eflcctive means for gripping a cuspidor and lowering a sponge or similar cleansing device into a cuspidor and revolving the same to remove filth and foreign matter that adheres to theinner sidesof a cuspidor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device that can be. used for carrying cuspidors and cleaning various kinds of receptacles, the device being cheap to manufacture, easy to manipulate, and highly ellicient for the purposes for which it is intended.

With the above and. other objects in view,

the invention consists in the novel arrange-- ment and combination of described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva' tion of the device attached to a cuspidor which is partly broken away and partly in section to show the cleaning device. Fig. 2

parts hereinafter is an enlarged front elevation of portion.

of our device partly broken away and partly in section, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one ofthe gripping arms of the device.

vVe construct our device upon the principle .of a pair of tongs, comprising levers L and 2 pivotally connected together as-at 3. The lower ends of these levers are offset, as at a to provide clearance for the funnelshaped mouth 5 of a cuspidor 6. The offset ends of the levers l and 2 are provided with.

semicircular gripping heads 7 adapted to embrace the reduced. portion 8 of the cuspi v dor, either for carrying purposes orsteadying the device while it is'being used. The upper ends of the levers 1 and 2 are provided with handles 9, and the lever 2 adjacent to the handle thereof is provided with'a vertical stop lug 11.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910;

Slidably mounted in the bar 10 is a rec- I tangular frame 12 having; a depending horizontal bearing plate 13 and revolublymounted in said bearing plate of the frame 12 is a vertical rod 14 extending through a bearing 15 adjacent to the ofl'set end of the lever 2. The lower end of the rod 14 is threaded for nuts 16, and a sponge l7 or similarcleaning: device is placed upon, the threaded end of the rodand retained thereon by the nut 16. This sponge or cleaning device adapted to cleanse the inner sides of the-cuspidor l The upper end of the rod 14 is provided with a fixed gear wheel 18 meshingw'th the gear wl'ieel it) revolubly mounted ii pfon a. 'bolt 20 arranged in the bearing plate 13 of the frame 12." lVleshing--with the gear Wheel 19 is a large vertical gear wheel 21 revolubly supported by the vertical. portion of the The entire device is made of light and durable metal, and while in the drawings is illustrated a, preferred embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or,

changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described our inventiomwhat we claim as new, is:

1. A device of the type described, COlYlfi prising; a pair of pivoted levers gripping: heads carried by the lower-endsof said levers a frame movably mounted at the upper end of one of said levers, a rod revolubly supported on said frame and by the lever supporting said frame, means carried by said frame for revolving said rod, and a cleaning device detachably mounted upon the lower end of said rod.

2. A device of the type describedcompris ing pivoted levers, gripping heads carried by the lower ends ofsaid levers, a channelsupported. by said frame and by the lever supporting said frznne, a cleaning device d0 tachably supported upon the lower end of said rod, means carried by said. frame for revoking said rod, said means inchlding gear Wheels, substantially .S de cribed.

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